Pony is a programming language, so I take consistency to be about how consistent the pony programming language feels to the user (principle of least surprise, e

Pony is a programming language, so I take consistency to be about how consistent the pony programming language feels to the user (principle of least surprise, etc.). That said, I'm not part of the pony core team; if you really want an answer, you could stop by #ponylang on irc and ask.